Data tables, 2016 Census

First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Hamilton, C
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Language spoken most often at home (269) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 3 530,630 512,265 6,760 1,975 9,635 7,745 1.5
Single responses 504,615 487,285 6,170 1,525 9,635 6,935 1.4
Official languages 446,760 440,765 5,995 0 0 5,995 1.3
English 444,460 440,615 3,850 0 0 3,850 0.9
French 2,300 150 2,150 0 0 2,150 93.5
Non-official languages 57,850 46,520 175 1,525 9,635 935 1.6
Aboriginal languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cayuga 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-Aboriginal languages 57,830 46,500 175 1,520 9,635 935 1.6
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,810 5,485 50 225 2,050 165 2.1
Berber languages 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Cushitic languages 700 510 0 5 195 0 0.0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 30 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Somali 665 485 0 5 185 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 7,065 4,945 55 210 1,860 155 2.2
Amharic 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 5,210 3,510 50 185 1,465 145 2.8
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,435 1,090 5 15 330 5 0.3
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 145 110 0 5 35 5 3.4
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 70 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,565 1,900 5 35 620 20 0.8
Khmer (Cambodian) 455 335 0 10 115 5 1.1
Vietnamese 2,105 1,570 0 30 505 20 1.0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 2,165 2,110 0 5 55 5 0.2
Bikol 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 80 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hiligaynon 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 140 130 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,900 1,850 0 5 45 0 0.0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creole languages 105 35 10 50 10 35 33.3
Haitian Creole 15 0 5 5 0 10 66.7
Creole, n.o.s. 70 15 5 35 10 25 35.7
Creole languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Dravidian languages 640 585 0 15 40 5 0.8
Kannada 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 325 305 0 5 20 0 0.0
Tamil 255 225 0 5 25 0 0.0
Telugu 55 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-European languages 35,770 29,380 70 1,005 5,325 570 1.6
Albanian 685 555 0 10 120 5 0.7
Armenian 95 70 0 15 15 5 5.3
Balto-Slavic languages 10,895 9,415 10 245 1,225 135 1.2
Baltic languages 180 160 0 10 10 5 2.8
Latvian 80 70 0 5 0 5 6.3
Lithuanian 95 90 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages 10,715 9,260 10 235 1,210 130 1.2
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 510 420 5 10 80 10 2.0
Bulgarian 40 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Croatian 1,875 1,635 5 30 210 20 1.1
Czech 455 345 5 5 105 5 1.1
Macedonian 190 170 0 5 20 5 2.6
Polish 3,050 2,705 0 65 280 30 1.0
Russian 800 680 0 25 95 15 1.9
Serbian 2,945 2,505 0 75 360 40 1.4
Serbo-Croatian 160 130 0 5 20 5 3.1
Slovak 95 90 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 155 150 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 410 370 0 15 25 5 1.2
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 620 560 5 40 15 25 4.0
Afrikaans 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Danish 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dutch 110 100 0 5 5 5 4.5
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 435 395 0 30 10 15 3.4
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 620 545 0 15 60 10 1.6
Indo-Iranian languages 9,870 8,340 15 220 1,295 125 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 7,685 6,555 10 150 975 85 1.1
Bengali 750 695 5 20 30 15 2.0
Gujarati 820 695 0 10 115 5 0.6
Hindi 455 425 0 5 25 5 1.1
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 165 70 0 40 55 20 12.1
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 3,065 2,490 0 30 540 15 0.5
Sindhi 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 130 120 0 5 5 0 0.0
Urdu 2,215 1,975 0 40 200 20 0.9
Iranian languages 2,145 1,750 5 70 320 35 1.6
Kurdish 560 425 5 20 115 15 2.7
Pashto 135 110 0 5 20 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,450 1,210 0 45 190 20 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 12,985 9,885 40 460 2,595 275 2.1
Catalan 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italian 4,845 3,750 10 60 1,025 40 0.8
Portuguese 3,075 2,070 5 75 925 45 1.5
Romanian 830 620 5 115 90 55 6.6
Spanish 4,230 3,430 25 210 555 130 3.1
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Japanese 75 65 0 5 10 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 935 815 0 10 110 5 0.5
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 490 375 30 45 45 50 10.2
Akan (Twi) 70 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 0 5 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 25 5 5 15 0 15 60.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 5 10 5 10 50.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Shona 70 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Swahili 175 125 5 15 30 15 8.6
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 35 5 5 0 10 20.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 40 25 5 10 5 5 12.5
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 40 20 5 10 5 10 25.0
Sign languages 195 130 0 0 65 0 0.0
American Sign Language 55 35 0 5 15 5 9.1
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 140 90 0 0 50 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,555 4,335 5 80 1,140 40 0.7
Chinese languages 5,305 4,140 5 80 1,080 40 0.8
Cantonese 1,770 1,225 0 25 525 10 0.6
Hakka 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 3,150 2,635 0 55 460 30 1.0
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 85 50 0 5 35 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 235 180 0 5 60 5 2.1
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 255 195 0 0 60 0 0.0
Burmese 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Karenic languages 190 145 0 0 45 0 0.0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 280 215 0 5 60 5 1.8
Lao 175 150 0 5 20 5 2.9
Thai 105 65 0 0 45 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 355 295 0 10 50 5 1.4
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 335 280 5 10 40 5 1.5
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Uralic languages 810 725 5 25 55 15 1.9
Estonian 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Finnish 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 785 705 0 25 55 10 1.3
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 5 5 5 16.7
Multiple responses 26,015 24,975 585 450 0 815 3.1
English and French 815 240 325 250 0 455 55.8
English and non-official language 24,605 24,560 50 0 0 45 0.2
French and non-official language 160 35 130 0 0 130 81.3
English, French and non-official language 435 150 85 200 0 190 43.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016070.

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